Table 5.
Facilities, policies and activities, and implementation capacity by schools in favour and less in favour of SFSHa
| Schools in favour of SFSH | Schools less in favour of SFSH | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | mean (SD) | n | % | mean (SD) | p | |
| Total | 29 | 40.8% | 42 | 59.2% | |||
| Facilities | |||||||
| Vending machines, sale of soda or other sugary drinks | 24 | 39.0% | – | 26 | 59.0% | – | 0.030 |
| Vending machines, sale of sugary or fatty foods | 24 | 24.0% | – | 26 | 41.0% | – | 0.037 |
| Changing room facilities | 24 | 71.0% | – | 26 | 44.0% | – | 0.004 |
| Shower facilities | 24 | 66.0% | – | 26 | 43.0% | – | 0.016 |
| Student canteen | 20 | 92.5% | – | 22 | 100% | – | 0.083 |
| Policy and practice | |||||||
| Offering free breakfast at least once a week | 29 | 29.0% | – | 42 | 10% | – | 0.025 |
| Offering individual smoking cessation counselling for students | 20 | 17.0% | – | 22 | 4.0% | – | 0.047 |
| Physical activity is integrated in the practical part (basic programme) | 29 | 64.0% | – | 42 | 41% | – | 0.029 |
| Physical activity is integrated in the practical part (main programme) | 29 | 58.0% | – | 42 | 33.0% | – | 0.015 |
| Implementation capacity | |||||||
| Health promotion work is based on systematic use of knowledge | 27 | – | 3.4a (0.9) | 39 | – | 2.9a (0.9) | 0.018 |
| Management has created shared goals and direction for the school’s work with health promotion | 28 | – | 3.1a (0.9) | 41 | – | 2.7a (0.9) | 0.085 |
| Time is a barrier do to health promotion | 28 | – | 2.6a (0.7) | 41 | – | 2.9a (0.8) | 0.053 |
Notes: a Only significant and trends are presented. a Items were measured on a Likert scale, ranged from 1 to 5
SFSH Smoke-free-school-hours, SD Standard deviation